Screenshots: Bluedot, Jamie and Otter official pages
I have worked in IT for about twenty years, and the question I get most from small teams is no longer which AI notetaker is best. It is which one they can run without making a client uncomfortable. Bluedot, Jamie and Otter are three of the names that keep coming up, and they solve that problem in different ways. This guide follows the searches people run next on Google (free plans, in-person meetings, the best meeting recorder and what forum users say) and gives one straight answer for each, based on the three vendors' own pages.
Quick answer- No bot in the call, browser or desktop capture: Bluedot, which lists a Chrome extension, desktop apps and mobile apps and a 5 meeting lifetime trial on its Free plan.
- No bot, EU data residency, in-person on every plan: Jamie, which lists a Free plan with 10 AI notes per month.
- Joins the meeting, live transcription, the most free minutes: Otter, which lists 300 free transcription minutes per month with a 30 minute cap per conversation.
- The trade-off: the two bot-free tools hide the recorder from other participants, so you must tell people yourself.
Jump to: Bluedot | Jamie | Meeting recorder | Free plans | In person | Forums | Privacy and consent | Comparison | Cost | Final pick | FAQ
Bluedot AI Note Taker, How It Records Without a Bot
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Bluedot's home page calls itself an invisible, privacy-first AI note taker that captures, transcribes and summarises meetings online or in person. Its FAQ explains the method. Bluedot does not invite a bot or ask for calendar access. It uses a Chrome extension or a desktop app to capture the meeting from your browser or computer. Because of that, it says it works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack huddles and phone calls, and you do not need to be the host. You only need to be a participant.
Image: Bluedot (official page)
The Free plan is the part to read carefully. The pricing page lists 5 meetings as a lifetime allowance, the Chrome extension, desktop and mobile apps, and links to Slack, Notion, Zapier and Make. Bluedot's own FAQ goes further and says that although it is not a free AI meeting note taker, the Free plan lets you try the core features for your first 5 meetings. After that you can keep viewing and sharing recordings, or upgrade for unlimited recording.
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Paid tiers are separated by recording length and by admin features. Basic is audio only with a maximum of 1 hour per recording. Pro adds video and unlimited recording duration, custom note templates and Zoom and Google Drive imports. Business adds CRM and ATS integrations, SSO and SCIM, custom data retention and unlimited audio and video imports. The page lists annual prices of $14, $20 and $32 per user per month for Basic, Pro and Business, and $18, $25 and $39 when billed monthly.
Who should pick Bluedot Bot-free, browser basedYou take a lot of calls in Chrome, you want notes without a visible bot, and you want your notes pushed into a CRM or Notion. Skip it if you need a long free tier. The free plan ends after 5 meetings, and the cheapest paid tier records audio only.
My take (20 years in IT): The question to ask about any recorder is where it runs, not how clever the summary is. A browser extension is easy to install, but it only helps on the machine where it is installed. If your calls happen on a phone or a desk phone, plan for the mobile app from day one. And tell people. Silence in the meeting does not mean consent.
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Bluedot also sells the idea that meetings become searchable context. The page lists an AI chat that answers questions across several meetings, post-meeting automation into tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce and Notion, and a shared memory for the team and for AI agents, including Claude connectors. Those are vendor claims, and I did not test them. If you only want a clean summary for each call, you will not need most of this on day one.
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Jamie AI Meeting Notes and the Jamie AI Note Taker
Image: Jamie (official page)
Jamie takes the same bot-free route, but it leads with privacy. Its home page says it runs on your device with no bot joining your calls, works across online platforms such as Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, and also captures in-person meetings from your laptop or phone. It also states that data stays in the EU, that no bot joins, and that it holds ISO 27001 certification and is GDPR compliant. Its security page adds that audio is streamed and never stored, that it never trains models on your data, and that SOC 2 Type II is pending.
Image: Jamie (official page)
The product loop on the page is prepare, capture, document, chat and integrate. In practice that means a briefing before the meeting built from past meetings and connected tools, notes after it from custom templates, and a chat box to ask what was decided. Workflows can update a CRM or draft follow-ups, either automatically or after you review them. It also lists MCP, webhook and API access so other AI tools can query your meetings.
Image: Jamie (official page)
Jamie's pricing is listed in euros. The Free plan gives 10 AI notes per month with a 30 minute meeting limit. Plus is listed at 20 AI notes and 2 hours per meeting, and Pro at unlimited notes and 5 hours. The Individual Pro card shows €39 per month billed annually, the comparison table shows €21 for Plus, and Team is €33 per seat. CRM integrations such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Asana and Pipedrive, and MCP, start on Pro, while Google Docs, Notion and OneNote are on every plan.
Image: Jamie (official page)
Who should pick Jamie EU hosting, in personYou meet clients in person or in Europe, you need a clear answer to where the data lives, and you want in-person capture on the free plan. Skip it if you need more than 10 notes a month for free or you do not want to pay in euros. A meeting longer than 30 minutes is cut off on the Free plan.
Image: Jamie (official page)
Best AI Meeting Recorder and Note Taker for Your Setup
Image: Otter (official page)
Otter takes the opposite approach to capture. Its pricing table says it joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet to automatically write and share notes, and its privacy page says it records only when you or a meeting participant presses Record or invites Otter to the meeting. The home page also lists recording directly from a Mac or Windows desktop, a mobile device or a browser. So Otter is not only a bot. It can be a bot or a local recorder, depending on how you set it up. Its sign-in page links to an explanation of why Otter asks for calendar access.
Image: Otter (official page)
Otter's pitch is a notetaker that also briefs you before the call and follows up after it. The page lists pre-call briefings, an AI chat that searches across meetings and connected apps, live assist coaching, automatic follow-ups and CRM sync. Its pricing table lists AI transcription in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese. Jamie lists notes and transcripts in 99+ languages and Bluedot lists transcription and summaries in 100+ languages, so if your meetings are in a less common language, check the language list before you pay.
Image: Otter (official page)
Who should pick Otter Live notes, teamsYou want live transcription while the meeting runs, you are fine with a visible participant or a desktop recorder, and your team already uses Zoom, Teams or Google Meet. Skip it if your clients dislike seeing a notetaker join the call, or your meetings are longer than 30 minutes and you do not plan to pay. The Basic plan is capped at 30 minutes per conversation.
One more practical difference is capture. In my experience a bot joins as its own participant, while a tool that records from your device only hears what your device hears, so a bad microphone or a noisy room hurts it more. MeetingsAI, a competing note taker, wrote on July 15, 2026 that Bluedot, Jamie and the other bot-free tools it compared all process recordings on their own servers. Bot or no bot, the audio still goes to a cloud service, so the privacy question does not disappear when the bot does.
Bluedot vs Jamie vs Otter Meeting Notes Free, What You Actually Get
Image: Otter (official page)
The free plans look similar on a feature list and behave very differently in real use. Here is what each vendor lists today.
| Free plan | Limit | What it includes | Biggest catch |
|---|
| Bluedot | 5 meetings, lifetime | Chrome extension, desktop and mobile apps, Slack, Notion, Zapier and Make links | After 5 meetings you can view and share, but not keep recording |
| Jamie | 10 AI notes per month, 30 minutes per meeting | Ask Jamie chat, unlimited storage, in-person capture, notes in 99+ languages, Google Docs, Notion and OneNote | A meeting past 30 minutes hits the limit |
| Otter | 300 transcription minutes per month, 30 minutes per conversation | Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, live transcription, speaker identification, 3 lifetime file imports, 25 most recent conversations in history | Short monthly minutes and a short cap per conversation |
My own arithmetic from those limits shows the real gap. If you sit in ten 45 minute meetings a month, that is 450 minutes. Otter Basic's 300 minutes covers about six of them, and the 30 minute cap would cut each one off. Jamie Free covers ten notes, but each meeting is capped at 30 minutes, so none of those 45 minute meetings would be complete. Bluedot Free covers 5 meetings once, then stops. None of the three gives you a free plan for a full working month of ordinary meetings.
Image: Otter (official page)
Best Free AI Meeting Note Taker for Short and Occasional Calls
If your calls are under 30 minutes, Otter Basic has the most headroom at 300 minutes a month. If you want to test whether a bot-free tool suits your clients, Bluedot's 5 meetings or Jamie's 10 notes are enough for a trial week. If you are choosing for a whole team, a free plan is a test, not a policy. For a wider list of free options, see Best Free AI Meeting Note Taker in 2026 and Best AI Meeting Notes Tool in 2026, which also covers Fathom, Fireflies and Granola.
Free AI Note Taker for In-Person Meetings
Image: Jamie (official page)
For a face-to-face meeting there is no call to join, so a bot is not an option at all. Jamie lists in-person capture from a laptop or phone on every plan, including Free. Bluedot says its mobile app on iOS or Android records and transcribes face-to-face interviews, client meetings and team huddles, and it lists an Apple Watch app on its download menu. Otter's Basic plan lists iOS and Android apps and live transcription, and its home page lists recording from a mobile device.
The limits still apply. A 30 minute cap is a problem for a one-hour client meeting no matter how well the audio is captured. For in-person work, my order of preference is Jamie for the free plan with in-person included, Bluedot for a trial of the mobile app, and Otter for short interviews where you also want live text. Put the phone near the speakers, say the names of the people in the room at the start, and always check the transcript before you send anything to a client.
My take (20 years in IT): In person is where recorders fail quietly. A phone in a bag, a noisy cafe or two people talking at once will ruin any transcript. Before you pay for any of these tools, record one real meeting on the free plan, read the whole transcript and count the errors in names and numbers. That test tells you more than any feature table.
Bluedot vs Jamie vs Otter Meeting Notes on Reddit and Forums
Forum threads for this search tend to mix real experience with promotion, because note-taker companies and their fans post in the same places. When you read them, look for answers that name the meeting platform, the meeting length and the plan the person was on. Treat a very enthusiastic post with no downsides as marketing. Then check the claim against the vendor's pricing page, because limits and prices change often.
Privacy, Training and Consent Compared
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Each vendor describes data use differently, and the differences matter if you record clients. Bluedot's security page says customer data is never used to train or improve AI models, that data is not stored, logged or retained by AI providers after generation, and that deleted data is removed immediately with backups cleared within 30 days. It lists SOC 2 Type II and GDPR. Jamie's pages say audio is streamed and never stored, data stays in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, and it never trains models on customer data.
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Otter's privacy page is more detailed on model training, and it reads differently. It says Otter uses a proprietary method to de-identify user data before training its models, that the training method is automatic so recordings and transcripts are not manually reviewed, and that its AI service providers do not train on customer data. It also lists SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR and CCPA, says Otter does not sell your data, and says deleted conversations are removed from the trash after 30 days. If your policy is that client audio must never be used for any model training, Bluedot and Jamie state that outright, and Otter's page describes de-identified training. That is a real difference to put in front of a compliance officer, and I would not guess the rest.
Image: Jamie (official page)
Consent is the second half. Otter says its users must ask for consent and indicate when they are recording. Bluedot says it does not announce itself like a bot and recommends telling participants. Jamie lists a consent email on every plan and a customized consent notification only on Enterprise. Recording laws differ by country and, in the United States, by state, so this guide cannot tell you what is legal for your calls. Ask the people you record, say so at the start of the meeting and keep it in writing for client work.
Quick Comparison
| Bluedot | Jamie | Otter |
|---|
| Capture method | Chrome extension or desktop app, no bot; mobile app for in person | On-device, no bot, laptop or phone | Can join Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, or record from desktop, mobile or browser |
| Free plan | 5 meetings, lifetime | 10 AI notes per month, 30 minutes per meeting | 300 minutes per month, 30 minutes per conversation |
| Entry paid price (listed) | Basic $14 per user per month annual, $18 monthly | Plus listed at €21 per month | Pro $8.33 per user per month annual, $16.99 monthly |
| Mid tier (listed) | Pro $20 annual, $25 monthly, video and unlimited length | Pro €39 per month billed annually, unlimited notes, 5 hours | Business $19.99 annual, $30 monthly, unlimited meetings, 4 hours |
| Languages (listed) | 100+ | 99+ | English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese |
| Model training (vendor claim) | Never used to train or improve AI models | Never trains models on your data | De-identified data used for training, per its privacy page |
| Website | Visit site | Visit site | Visit site |
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Image: Jamie (official page)
Image: Jamie (official page)
What Each One Costs a Small Team
The way the vendors count users changes the bill. Bluedot says it charges only for users who record meetings, not for every person in the workspace. Otter's plan table lists workspace limits of 5 billed users on Pro and 25 on Business. Jamie bills Team per seat.
| Scenario (my arithmetic from list prices) | Bluedot | Jamie | Otter |
|---|
| One person, paid, billed annually | Basic $14 or Pro $20 per month, $168 or $240 a year | Plus €21 or Pro €39 per month | Pro $8.33 per month, about $100 a year |
| One person, paid, billed monthly | Pro $25 per month, $300 a year | Not compared here | Pro $16.99 per month, about $204 a year |
| Five people, two of them record, billed annually | Two Pro licences, $40 a month | Team at €33 per seat, €165 a month for five | Five Pro seats, about $41.65 a month |
Two cautions. These totals use list prices and ignore tax, promotions and exchange rates. And a cheaper plan that cuts a long meeting off is not cheaper. Otter Pro's 90 minute cap per meeting, Bluedot Basic's 1 hour audio-only cap and Jamie Plus's 2 hour cap all matter more than a few dollars a month if you hold long client workshops.
Image: Otter (official page)
Image: Otter (official page)
Image: Bluedot (official page)
Final Recommendation
If you take client calls and do not want a visible bot, start with Bluedot or Jamie. Choose Bluedot if most of your calls happen in Chrome and you want CRM or Notion automation. Choose Jamie if you meet in person, work with European clients, or need a clear data-residency answer. Choose Otter if you want live transcription and are happy for a notetaker to appear in the meeting, and stay on its free plan only for short calls. Whatever you pick, run one real meeting on the free plan first and tell everyone you are recording.
My take (20 years in IT): With a bot, everyone sees the recorder. With a bot-free tool, only you know. That makes the bot-free tools feel nicer and puts the full responsibility on you. My rule for client calls is simple. I say it out loud at the start, I put it in the invite, and I delete the recording when the matter closes. Pick the tool that makes that routine easy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, Bluedot, Jamie or Otter?
It depends on how you meet. Bluedot and Jamie both capture audio from your own device without a bot joining the call, while Otter can join Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet to write and share notes. Otter lists the lowest annual price per user and the longest meetings on its Business plan, Jamie lists EU data residency, and Bluedot lists a Chrome extension with a 5 meeting trial.
Is Bluedot free?
Not in the usual sense. Bluedot's own FAQ says its Free plan lets you try the core features for your first 5 meetings as a lifetime trial. After that you can view and share recordings, and recording needs a paid plan.
Is Jamie free?
Jamie lists a Free plan with 10 AI notes per month and a 30 minute meeting limit. It still includes in-person meetings, chat across your notes, unlimited storage and notes in 99+ languages.
Is Otter free?
Otter lists a free Basic plan with 300 monthly transcription minutes, 30 minutes per conversation and 3 lifetime file imports. It is the most generous of the three if your meetings are short, and the least useful for a long weekly call.
Which one works for in-person meetings?
All three can. Jamie lists in-person capture from a laptop or phone on every plan. Bluedot records face-to-face meetings through its iOS and Android apps. Otter records from its mobile and desktop apps.
Do I need to tell people I am recording?
Yes, as a good rule everywhere, and by law in many places. Otter says its users must ask for consent and indicate when they are recording. Bluedot recommends telling participants because it does not announce itself like a bot. Jamie lists a consent email on every plan. This guide is general information, not legal advice, so check the rules where your participants live.
Sources
- Bluedot, home page and FAQ
- Bluedot, Pricing
- Bluedot, Security
- Jamie, home page
- Jamie, Pricing and plan comparison
- Jamie, Security and privacy
- Otter, Pricing and plan comparison
- Otter, Privacy and security
- Otter, home page
- MeetingsAI, Bot-free AI note takers compared (July 15, 2026), written by a competing vendor
Prices and plan limits come from each vendor's US English page and change often, so check the vendor's page before you buy. I found no neutral head-to-head accuracy test of these three tools, so this guide does not rank transcript accuracy. Jamie lists prices in euros.
Screenshots come from each maker's official page, are cropped and framed here, and belong to their owners. This guide has no affiliate links.
Last updated: October 28, 2026.
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